Character: As Yuuri, trusting and idealistic to a fault. Tends to waffle until a crisis makes him crystal clear. As Maou, complete opposite - decisive, judgmental, and often cruel.

Special skills: Unconditional love and trust. Flair for making friends from enemies, making peace. When he "goes Maou", it's unclear we'll ever reach the limits of his majutsu water powers. Also gains fire majutsu along the way.

Family: Second son of Shouma and Miko Shibuya, born in Boston. Elder brother Shouri. Later lived in New York a while (Shouma is an international investment banker). The family moved back to Tokyo when Yuuri reached school age.

Yuuri married Wolfram von Bielenfeld when he was 22, after an extraordinary series of wedding false starts spanning 7 years. By then they were raising three children together: Greta Shibuya (Yuuri's adopted daughter), Frieda von Gratz (Adelbert's daughter, fostered to Wolfram), and Bertram. Much of the time Efram is also visiting. (PW) A year after their wedding, the couple have a joint biological daughter, Ekaterin. (GoT) They also plan to cross-foster Bertram with Wolfram's youngest half-brother Avram, born the same day as Ekaterin.

Stories: All - I wouldn't write a KKM story without the Wimp. :)

Yuuri grows up a lot in the course of these stories.

The Bedding of Wolfram

Yuuri is glad Wolfram's off with his troop, glad to be rid of him. Until he finds out Wolfram's troop has been slaughtered and Wolfram kidnapped and dragged off to Mizrat.

Yuuri has to stay behind at the castle and be a king, while others go rescue Wolfram.

He comes to realize just how much Wolfram has come to mean to him. In fact, he loves Wolfram.

Alas, after being brutally gang-raped, Wolfram is not receptive to Yuuri's love.

Yuuri meets Wolfram's father Manfred for the first time - quite a shock.

But what happened in the intervening years, with these colorful failed weddings? Well...

Axel

During BoW, and 20 years before

Axel is two stories - the frame story is Wolfram's hard work with Manfred and Yuuri, trying to recover from his gang-rape in Mizrat. To do that, he has to come to terms with the deaths of his troop and what that meant to him. He looks back twenty years to when his troop was formed.

Conrad's gone to Earth bearing Yuuri's soul to be born, so Wolfram picks up Axel and his buddies at sword practice.

This turns into Wolfram's first love affair and he becomes officer of the troop - and then breaks up with his lover/sergeant, Axel.

And back to the present.

Yuuri learns about Wolfram's first lover.

Wolfram and Yuuri finally go all the way as lovers.

Manfred declares Wolfram recovered enough, and leaves.

Wolfram stumbles onto the idea of childrearing to replace his lost military career.